Lawn-swing



(No Model.)

H. H. SMITH.

LAWN SWING.

No. 595,976. Patented nmzl, 1897.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HENRY H. SMITH, OF SMITHBOROUGH, ILLINOIS.

LAWN-SWI N G.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 595,976, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed March 27, 1897-. Serial NO- 629,549- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Smithborough, Bond county, in the State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Swings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of lawnswings designed for outdoor use, the object of myinvention being to provide an improved safe double-seated swing so constructed as to be easily propelled by a child or grown person without the necessity of an attendant,

and, further, to provide automatic fans that operate over each seat to stir the air above the occupants heads and thus prevent annoyance by insects.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I shows a side elevation of my improved swing. Fig. 11 is a detail top view of the automatic fan, the swing hanger-bars being shown in transverse section. Fig. 'III is a detail top view of the-platform-sections or foot-rests. Fig. IV is a top view of the upper end of the swing-frame and canopies.

1 designates the posts or standards of a pair of inverted-V-shaped supporting-frames rigidly connected at their upper ends to an upper rectangular frame 2. Depending from the frame 2 are two pairs of inwardly-inclined braces 3, joined at their lower ends by a pair of longitudinal bars 4. The bars 4 are connected by a transverse brace 5, provided with a pendent fixed eye 6.

7 designates the hanger-bars of the swing, pivoted to the rectangular frame 2 by means of transverse rods 8, extending across the interior of said frame. These hanger-bars are connected at their lower ends by longitudinal bars 9 and transverse bars 10, that form a lower rectangular frame for the support of adjustable platform-sections or foot-rests.

11 designates the side bars of the platformsections or foot-rests, which are pivoted to the longitudinal bars 9 and the hanger-bars 7 by means of transverse rods 12. Secured to the side bars 11 are transverse slats 13, the ends of which project beyond the side bars and rest upon the longitudinal bars 9 when the platform-sections or foot-rests are lowered.

14: designates upwardly projecting dogs pivoted to the longitudinal bars 9, the free ends of which are arranged to engage in any one of a series of teeth or notches 11 on the under side of the side bars 11, for the purpose of retaining the platform-sections or foot-rests in elevated inclined position.

15 designates the swing-seats,provided with side bars 16, pivoted at their inner ends to the hanger-bars 7 and pivoted at their outer ends to the lower ends of bars or supports 17, that are pivotally connected at their upper ends to the hanger-bars 7. The bars or supports 17 are provided with slots 18, that receive their connecting pivot-pins 7, this slotand-pin connection between the bars or supports 17 and the hanger-bars 7 being provided for the purposeof permitting the adjustment of the bars or supports 17 in an inward or upward direction when it is desired to fold the seats inward to render the swing more compact and prevent the accumulation of dirt and moisture on the swing-seats.

19 designates the seatbacks, pivoted intermediate of their ends to the side bars 16 and bars or supports 17. The lower ends of these seat-backs are each provided with a series of teeth or notches 20, that receive the points of downwardly-projecting pawls 21, pivoted in slots 22, formed in the side bars 16. The Ohjeot of providing the slots 22 is to permit the adjustment of the pawls 21 in an outward direction, so that they will not interfere with the folding inward of the swing-seats. The pawls 21, engaging with the teeth or notches 20, permit the adjustment of the seat-backs into upright or inclined position to any degree that may be desired by the occupant of the swing. In the same connection the adjustability of the platform-sections or foot-- rests permit-s the arrangement of such parts to suit the desire of the occupant and permits the foot-rests to be so placed that they may be reached by the feet of small children.

23 designates canopies, the side bars of which are pivoted at their inner ends to the hanger-bars 7 and are each provided with a-series of notches or teeth 24, that receive the points of upwardly-projecting pawls 25,

therebypermitting of the adjustment of such canopies to suit the desire of the occupant of the swing.

26 designates transverse shafts j ourn aled in the hanger-bars 7 and provided with grooved pulleys 27 and having thereon fan-blades or wings 28.

29 designates a cord, both ends of which are secured to the fixed eye 6, carried by the transverse brace 5, said cord extending over the grooved pulleys 27. In the operation of the swing this cord, traveling on the grooved pulleys 27, causes them to be rotated, thereby rotating the shafts 26,with the fans 28, to cause commotion in the air, and thus cool the occupants of the swing and prevent their being disturbed by insects.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A swing comprising a supporting-frame, hanger-bars pivotallycon nected to said frame, a seat pivotally connected to said hanger-bars at its inner end, a back pivoted to the outer end of said seat, and having a free end extending below said seat, and means carried by said seat arranged to engage the free lower end of said back for the purpose of adjusting its position relatively to the seat, substantially as described.

2. A swing comprising a supporting-frame, hanger-bars pivotallyconnected to said frame, a seat pivotally connected to said hanger-bars at its inner end, a back pivoted to the outer end of said seat, and having a free end extending below said seat provided with series of notches, and downwardly-extending pawls pivoted to said seat and arranged to engage said notches, substantially as described.

3. A swing comprising a supporting-frame, hanger-bars pivoted to said frame, seats carried by said hanger-bars, shafts journaled to said hanger-bars, fans carried by said shafts, pulleys on said shafts, and a cord secured at its ends to said frame and passing over said pulleys for the purpose of rotating said fans in the actuation of the swing, substantially as described.

4. A swing comprising a pair of supportingframes, an upper rectangular frame to which the supporting-frames are rigidly connected, the paired hanger-bars pivoted to the upper rectangular frame, the lower rectangular frame to which the lower ends of the hangerbars are pivoted, the seats pivoted at their inner ends to thehanger-bars, the seat-supports pivoted at their lower ends to the outer ends of the seats and at their upper ends to the hanger-bars, the seat-backs pivoted intermediate of their ends to the seat-supports and having series of notches beneath the seats, and the downwardly-projecting pawls pivoted to the seats and adapted to engage the notches of the backs; substantially as described.

5. A swing comprisingapair of supportingframes, an upper rectangular frame to which the supporting-frames are rigidly connected, the paired hanger-bars pivoted to the upper rectangular frame, the lower rectangular frame to which the-lower ends of the hangerbars are pivoted, the seats pivoted at their inner ends to the hanger-bars, having side bars each formed with a slot, the seat-supports pivoted at their lower ends to the outer ends of the seats and at their upper ends to thehangerbars, the seat-backs pivoted intermediate of their ends to the seat-supports and having series of notches beneath the seats, and the downwardly-projecting pawls pivoted in the slots of the side bars and adapted to engage the notches of the backs; substantially as described.

6. A swing comprising a pair of supportingframes, an upper rectangular frame to which the supporting-frames are rigidlyconnected, the paired hanger-bars pivoted to the upper rectangular frame, the lower rectangular frame to which the lower ends of the hangerbars are pivoted, the seats supported on the hanger-bars, the transverse bar secured to the supporting-frames, the shafts journaled to the hanger-bars, having pulleys and fan-blades, and the cord passed around the pulleys and secured to the transverse bar; substantially as described.

HENRY H. SMITH.

In presence of- GEO. Monnow, JOHN XV. MCMURRAN. 

